Looking at things over the course of the last season, I felt little things cost us in terms of not being able to make it three titles in a row.

The top-order didn’t fire at times throughout the year and there were times when we were not ruthless enough with the ball as well.

We also had injuries at the start of the year and there were opportunities to win games at the start of the season which we didn’t do – those were the sort of chances which we took in previous years.

At the end of the day, Middlesex were worthy winners. But to get so close was disappointing.

Looking at the season as a whole across all formats, I guess we were the ‘nearly team’ – in getting to the semi-finals in the one-day competitions and almost like a final in the County Championship.

Not to come away with silverware is tough. In previous years, we have nearly finished bottom in the one-day stuff, but won a trophy and you would probably rather have it that way and win something than get so close.

In terms of individuals, I felt that Tim Bresnan deserves a mention for having a fantastic year. Since coming back from injury, he has been outstanding, with bat and ball.

I thought Adam Lyth also freed the squad up in the shorter form and with the few hundreds he got in a row, you could see a massive difference in that way that the team played.

Jack Brooks, with 60-odd wickets again, put in an amazing effort for the third year running too and I think Azeem Rafiq deserves a mention as well.

It is not easy to come back into a team and Azeem has had a good year.

It might be the off-season now, but I was busy in a 65-mile charity bike ride as part of my benefit year on Thursday.

I am not much of a golfer and one golf day was enough for me and I much preferred to get on the bike, although getting the lads at Yorkshire to do a bike ride at the end of the season was challenging!

Bres volunteered and he was on it and all in all, there were about one hundred people doing it.

My three charities are the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation, PCA Benevolent Fund and Yorkshire Children’s Trust, based in Halifax.